Essay | Fugitive Memories: Visualizing Tibetan Liberation Struggles
A review of "Shadow Circus", a project by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, and curated by Natasha Ginwala (21 April 2022 – 1 May 2022), ...
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writes on arts and culture
Review | The Rough Draft of History: Printmaking through Crises
A review of the exhibition "Living a Dark Night" curated by Paula Sengupta at Gallery Espace (23 February 2022 – 12 March 2022), written...
Poetry | Every mother a cipher, "Dear Nani"
A poem titled "Every mother a cipher" in response to Zinnia Naqvi's series "Dear Nani", as part of the photo book by Naqvi titled Dear...
Review | Ruins of the Everyday
A review of the exhibition "The (Pro)found Object", at Vadehra Art Gallery (25 August 2021 – 24 September 2021), written for ART India...
Fiction | Gufa
A short story titled "Gufa", published in nether Quarterly, Vol 2, Issue 4 (November 2021).
Essay | From Remote Console to Media Libraries: Trajectories of the Literary in Platform Capitalism
An essay tracing the tendencies towards the sites, sources and methods of literary adaptation for web series featured on vernacular and...
Essay | Exiting the Rehearsal: A Body in Delhi
An essay titled "Exiting the Rehearsal: A Body in Delhi", published in Issue 44: Time of Runway Journal, guest edited by Joel Spring.
Essay | World-Changing: Disability, Debility and Cinema in We Make Film (2021)
An essay on Shweta Ghosh's documentary We Make Film (2021), written for Alternative South Asia Photography Connect. Image: We Make Film...
Interview | at the kitchen table (adjust as per taste)
An interview with Nihaal Faizal and Sarasija Subramanian of Reliable Copy on their curatorial approaches towards building the exhibition...
Catalogue Text | Not every edible thing is food
Catalogue text titled "Not every edible thing is food" for at the kitchen table — an exhibition curated by Reliable Copy, on view at...
Fiction | Old Gulmohar
A short story titled "Old Gulmohar", published in the thirteenth edition of Hakara Journal. Image: Chameli Ramachandran, Untitled....
Essay | Wayward Sought-ings
An essay on "Anatomy of a Horny Heart", a solo showcase of works by Affan Baghpati at Aicon Gallery, written for The Karachi Collective....
Curatorial Note | "Anatomy of a Horny Heart" – Affan Baghpati
A curatorial essay and wall text authored for Affan Baghpati's solo showcase "Anatomy of a Horny Heart", presented at Aicon Gallery, New...
Essay | Priya and the Wolves (2020)
An essay analysing the development of the Priya comic series (2014 – ongoing), with a focus on its recent efforts to rebrand the...
Fiction | As People Do
A short story titled "As People Do", published in the second issue of gulmohar quarterly.
Essay | The Thrill of Acquisition: Pelin Esmer's The Collector
An essay on Pelin Esmer's documentary Koleksiyoncu: The Collector (2002), written for Alternative South Asia Photography Connect. Image:...
Essay | Where Was Time: The Public Clocks of Bombay
An essay on Chirodeep Chaudhuri's photographic survey of public clocks in Mumbai, in Seeing Time: The Public Clocks of Bombay (1996 –...
Review | Perennial, Plastic Blooms: Zoya Siddiqui's A distant Place
A review of the online exhibition "Zoya Siddiqui: A distant Place" curated by Arnika Ahldag and Vaishnavi Kambadur for Museum of Art and...
Essay | The "Worker" and the "Machine": Decline of Ahmedabad's Mill Industry
An essay on Parthiv Shah and Jan Breman's study of the destinies of mills and mill workers in Ahmedabad, in Working in the Mill No More...
Review | Towards a Fugitive Photography: The archives of Suresh Punjabi
A review of the online exhibition "Suresh Punjabi – The Business of Dreams" curated by Nathaniel Gaskell and Varun Nayar for Museum of...
Essay | Memory as Residue: Belonging and Estrangement in Recent Cinema
An essay exploring objects and memory in three films: Gamak Ghar (2019), Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha (2019), and Raat Akeli Hai (2020)...
Review | Troubling Empire: Bakirathi Mani on Seher Shah
A comment on Bakirathi Mani's essay “Archives of Empire: Seher Shah’s Geometric Landscapes and the Spectacle of Force” in Unseeing...
Review | Juju Bhai Dhakhwa –Keeper of Memories
A review essay of the photo book Juju Bhai Dhakhwa –Keeper of Memories published by Nepal Picture Library and photo.circle in 2016, for...
Catalogue Essay | “Our constitution, our country, our survival”*: singing with and amidst difference
A essay on the artworks showcased in "The Constitution of India at 70: Celebrate, Illuminate, Rejuvenate, Defend", an exhibition curated...
Artist Profile | "Within –Without"
A profile on the practice and literary influences of artist Buddhadev Mukherjee written to accompany his solo showcase in the fourth...
Curatorial Note | Luggage, People and a little space
Curatorial note written for artist Aban Raza's solo online exhibition "Luggage, People and a little space" at Galerie Mirchandani...
Review | The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989
A review of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition "The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989" edited by Ram Rahman...
Review | Dalit: A Quest for Dignity
A review essay on the photo book Dalit: A Quest for Dignity published by photo.circle and Nepal Picture Library in 2018 for LSE...
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